USB D/A Converters

With no interference from surroundings, headphone listening is increasingly becoming the preferred way for serious audiophiles to enjoy music. With headphones, music is more personal. More intense. More consuming. You become part of the music – absorbed by it. What’s more, you can listen to it as loud as you like. However, the outputs on some devices – especially on computers and portable players – are simply not capable of driving quality headphones to their optimum, since they have only a low-grade Digital-Analogue-Converter (DAC) built-in. That is why Marantz decided to create a new product concept: a separate amplifier stage for headphones.